Gorgany Nature Reserve

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine · built 1996

The Gorgany Nature Reserve («») is a strict nature reserve (a zapovidnyk) of Ukraine that covers a part of the Gorgany mountain range of the Outer Eastern Carpatians in southwest Ukraine. The reserve is 46% old-growth forest, one of the last and largest such stands in Europe. The reserve was originally created in 1996 to protect relic stands of Stone pine trees (Pinus cembra). The reserve is administratively in the Nadvirna Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.

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